Mehdiya Hudda, 22, of Kichener, planned a short shopping trip in Lewiston, N.Y., near Niagara Falls, with her mother and husband on April 26, returning to Canada the same evening. The family is Muslim and both women wear head scarves. They ended up being fingerprinted and photographed, then held in a room at the U.S. border for about six hours, while their car, cellphones and belongings were searched. At 1 AM, they were told to return to Canada.
The Record (h/t Brian R) Her family was denied entry to the U.S. in May 2003 when they were trying to attend an Islamic conference in Washington, D.C.”This many years later and still it’s the same thing, we’re being treated like criminals,” Hudda said. “After all these years, they’ve not changed. It just boggles my mind.”
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“It’s not justified,” she said. “It was like we had no rights, (you don’t) being on that line between the U.S. and Canada.” The whole incident was humiliating, especially because it unfolded in full view of hundreds of other travelers, she said.
Rather than simply being told to pull over, out of the line of vehicles at the border crossing, the border guard asked for the van’s keys and placed spikes behind the rear wheels so the van couldn’t be reversed without puncturing the tires. Then three other officers came and asked them to leave all their belongings, including purses, wallets and cellphones, in the van and accompany them to a nearby office.
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Thank Goodness. Some Border Security in Canada anyway.
We would have the same in the US if Obama would stop hindering every attempt.
This just breaks my heart. Seriously though, when you see an all out global attack on one vulnerable country after another, just inundating whole countries with this fascist theology, it's time a number of other countries start saying NO to all these intimidating tactics and racist renderings on Christians or any other religion that isn't Muslamic.
How much freedom do they have in the SHIT Hole country they came from
WHY DON'T THESE FOREIGNERS NEED TO UNDERSTAND PLUS OUR OWN LAW ENFORCEMENT NEEDS TO LEARN THAT THE CONSTITUTION IS MENT FOR CITIZENS OF THE uNITED STATES. IF YOUR NOT A CITIZEN YOU HAVE NO RIGHTS...YOUR A GUEST AND YOU MUSLIMS ARE UNWANTED GUESTS...
FINALLY
Only Citizens have rights. Visitors do not. It is our constitutional righty to protect our boarders. To bad for them!
What's with this "rights" crap? The illegal invaders already here are the same way. Demanding rights they don't have! DEPORT the illegal invaders now!
Well they got this one right!
Considering the fact that the Canadian border control interrogated 'us' as though we were criminals when we were only going across the border for a day; serves these 'witches' right.
Hey, it was just like Old Home weak in Iraq, Afghanistan, and the other Muslim Countrys. If they need help paying for airline tickets to go back and stay there I will pay their way.
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